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Measuring 8, 8 and 8 - Solution
Puzzles -> Measuring Puzzles
 The Puzzle: You have a full bucket containing 24 liters of liquid.
You also have three empty buckets: one of 5 liters, one of 11 liters, and one of 13 liters.
How could you divide the 24 liters of liquid into three equal parts, so that you have three buckets containing 8 liters each? |
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The Solution . . .
Move |
24 liter
bucket |
13 liter
bucket |
11 liter
bucket |
5 liter
bucket |
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| Start | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 => 13 liter bucket | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 => 5 liter bucket | 11 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 => 11 liter bucket | 11 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| 5 => 13 liter bucket | 11 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 => 13 liter bucket | 3 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
| 13 => 5 liter bucket | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| 5 => 24 liter bucket | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
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